If you are a designer or visual communicator in business, then you need to keep up. In this issue we hope to help with a brilliant infographic which illustrates Shutterstock’s 2014 Global Design Trends, our friend David Blatner's quick and easy way to test font choices quickly in InDesign CC, and some musings on the proper punctuation marks from Kathryn SchulzIt's all fun, and you're invited to join us! April 10, 2014

We're enjoying jumping into April, and with it comes some fresh creative inspiration. This edition has 6 Attention-Grabbing Direct Mail Designs for those who thought that direct mail was dead A wonderful interview with Jon Sueda -- not to be missed, and revisiting the "selfie" and Ellen's now famous Oscar selfie! It's all fun, and you're invited to join us! April 7, 2014

March is almost over, our Women's History Month is coming to an end and we're focusing on spring colors .... these and other starting points for all designers and creative visual communicators ... here we go: Gift Card Impressions Wins Two Graphic Design USA Awards for Innovative Packaging Colborne graphic artist wins ParaSport Games medal design contest Getting a job in digital marketing (A graduate’s perspective) Graphic designer Peter Saville still rocks the fashion world Icons that talk : telling a graphic story with icons Stumbled into the profession of graphic design Call for Entries: Graphis Design Annual 2015 TypeTalk: Know Your Figures... and more ! March 31, 2014

iMovie, once a unique, easy interface for editing and producing movies has turned into a nightmare. Apple's over-stimulated developers have munged the concepts and interface until the program is all but unusable without a doctorate degree in media production. But Noteboom Productions has come to everyone's aid with Tutor for iMovie, their latest video tutorial. February 28, 2014

The creative inspiration quest continues and edition features two videos along with some extraordinary illustration and a conversation with a designer about the new iPhone interface ... here we go: * PaperSpecs Reveals the Trials and Triumphs of Designing Print Projects * Brobesity? 3-D Avatars Of The Average Joe Are A Hefty Dose Of Reality * Several iOS 7 Design Choices Criticized By Experienced Designer * Christoph Niemann: Illustrator, Graphic Designer * Skinhead culture in graphic design * Back to the drawing board... and more ! October 28, 2013

Yes, it's fall fonts fest moving toward November with some special insights into the creative spirit, and a visit to one of the most important studios of our time! Send in your creative ideas for the holidays this month! Here we go . . . * Infographic: Just How Dangerous Is The Dye In Your Food? * Smart people do smart things ... Jason Santa Maria * Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design * Can graphic design make feminism cool? * Russia's Top 20 Designers Today * Learn: Anatomy of a Typeface ... and more ! October 24, 2013

Too often marketers are flying by the seat of their pants when it comes to developing a content strategy. Unfortunately, the term content marketing has become an industry buzzword that everyone is talking about but few marketers truly understand. October 7, 2013

Yes, it's fall fonts fest time again, but before we get into the dozens of items we have for the festival, we're still tracking creative learning in this edition . . . *
New initiative from Quadrant2Design, to cut the cost of graphic design to Zero * How *Photoshop Brushes* Helps People Develop Their Graphic Design Skills * 99Designs launches Swiftly: where a design change is $15 an hour * Graphic design students win north american awards competition * Design students create posters to tackle loan shark problem * Minimal Sneaker Study | Jack Stocker’s Nike Exhibit * Can Good Graphic Design Help The Homeless? * Five Best Jobs for Those in Print Design * Varun Nunkoo – Passion, dream and talent * Summer shirts from Cuckoos Nest... and more ! September 30, 2013

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